The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

cause the hngrrS that used 10 play on
EN- nre still. You must remember that
tie Ii We better instruments of music
wlere they are.
on ak me: "Do they have real harps
inl real trumpets and real organs?" / do
not know. ONE wiseacres say positively
there are no such things in Heaven. do
MOI know; lut | should not be surprised if
thn Go who m de al the mountains, and
II he hills, an all the forests, and all the
III ais of the unyerse-I should not be
surp ised if He could, if lie had mind to,
ma few Larps and trumpets and
0 -ans.
Grand old Haydn, sick and worn out,
WIS carried for the last time into the music
hall and there he helrd his own oratorio
,f "lhe Gre ton" History says that as
the orchestra came to that famous passage,
"Lel There be Light" the whole audience
rose and rheered, and Haydn waved his
b nd toward Heaven and said: at comes
from there" Overwhelmed with his own
M sic. he was carried out in his chair, and
ms he came o the door he spread his hand
toward the orchestra as i'll benediction.
Haydn was right when lie waved his hand
toward Heaven and said; at comes from
there"
Music was born in Heaven and it will
ever have its highest throne in Heaven;and
| want you to understand that our departed
friends who were passionately fond of
music here, are now ut the headquarters of
harmony. | think that the grand old
church tunes that died when your grand
fathers died have gone with them to
Heaven.
Again, I remark that those of our de-
parted Christian friends who in this world
had very strong military spirit are now in
armies celestial and out on bloodless battle.
There are hundreds of people born SOL
diers. They cannot help it. They be-
long 10 regiments in time of peace. They
cannot hear a drum or fife without trying
to keep step to the music. They are Chris
tians, and when they fight they fight on the
right side. Now when these, our Christian
friends who had natural and powerful
military spirit, entered Heaven, they entered
the celestial army.
The door of Heaven hardly opens but you
hear military demonstration. David
cried out: "The ChariOts of God are 2O,-
O0'." Elisha saw the mountains filled with
celestial cavalry. st. John said: The
armies which are in Heaven followed him
on white horses" Now, when those who
had the military spirit on earth sanifed
entered glory, | suppose they right away
eNllSttu Ill SOME uGuNtulN tllNg y
volunteered right away. There must needs
be i'm Heaven soldiers with a soldierly spirit.
There are grand parade days when the king
reviews the troops. There must be armed
escort sent out TO bring up from earth to
Heaven those who were more than con-
Ouerors. There must be crusades ever being
fitted out for some part of Gods domin-
ion-battes, bloodless, groanless, pain'
less. Angels Of evil to be fought down
and fought back Other rebellious worlds
to be conquered. Worlds to be put TO the
torch. Worlds to be saved. Worlds
to be demolished. Worlds to
be sunk. Worlds to be hoisted.
Beside that in our own world there are
battles for tie right and against The wrong
| where we must have the heavenly military.
That is what keeps us Christian reformers
so buoyant. So few good men against sc
many bad men, so few churches against sc
many Grog shops, so few pure printing
presses against so many polluted printing
: presses, and vet we are buoyant anC
courageous, because while we know tha
the armies Of evil in the world are larger
in numbers than the army of the tru h
there are celestial cohorts in the air fight.
ing on our side.
! have not so much faith in the army OF
the ground as have in the army in the air
0, God! open our eyes that we may SCI
them. The military spirits that went VI
from earth to Join the military spirits be
fore the throne-J oshua and Caleb an'
; Gideon and David and Samson and tht
hundreds of Christian warriors who OF
earth fought with feshly arm, and nov
having gone up on high are coming dow
the hills of Heaven ready to fight among
the invisibles. Yonder they Nre-coming
coming. Did you not hear them as the.
swept by?
But what are our mathematical friends Il
do in the next world? They found thei
JOY and delight in mathematics. Their
was more poetry for them in Euclid than
in John Milton. They were as passion
ately fond of mathematics as PLATO, whit
wrote over his door: "Let no one ente
here who is not acquainted with geometry.
What are they doing now? They are bus.
with figures yet. No place in all the uni
! verse like Heaven for figures. Number
infinite, distances infinite calculations in
finite. The didactic DR.. Dick said he reall'
thought that the redeemed in He0yel
spent some of their time with the highe
branches of mathematics.
Some of our transferred and Transported
metaphysic are they doing now
Studing he human mind, only under bet
ter circumstances than they used to stud
it. They used to study the mind sheathet
in the dull human body. Now the spiyi
unsheathed-now they are studying tn
sword outside the scabbard. Have yol
, any doubt about what Sir William Hamil
) ton is doing in Heaven, or what Jonathan
, Edwards is doing in Heaven, or the multi
, tude on earth who had passion for meta
physics sanctihed 10y the grace of God
, : NJ ;nc
/ glorious metaphysics, everlasting meta
physics.
, What are our departed Christian friend
who are explorers doing now? Exploring
, yet, but with lightning locomotion, witt
vision microscopic and telescope at th
4 same time. continent at glance.
, world in second. A planetary system il
) q day. Christian John Franklin no NOR
in disabled "Erebus" pushing toward In
North Pole, Christian De Long no NOR
trying to free blockaded Jeannette from tn
, ice, Christian Livingstone no more amit
, African malarias trying to make revelation
Of dark continent; but all Of them in tn
, twinkling of an eye taking in that whicl
was unapproachable. Mont Blanc scale
, without an alpenstock. The coral depth
, of the ocean explored without divin
, bell. The mountains unbarred and opene
| without Sir Humphrey Davys safet
lamp.
: What are our departed friends, VIII
found their chief Joy in studying, doin
now? Studying yet, but instead of a fey
| thousand volumes on few shelves, all th
, volumes of the universe open before then
: geologic, ornithologc, conchologic
botanic, astronomic, philosophc. No NOR
} need of Leyden jnrs, or voltaic piles, o
electric batteries standing as they do fac
, | to face with the facts of the universe.
, What are our departed astronomer
doing? Studying astronomy yet, but no
through the dull lens Of earthly obserya
tory. but with one stroke of wing COIN